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  • Take a Stand in Your Community: Civic Participation and the Sons of Liberty, by Marc Kirby
    After teaching the students about the impact of the Enlightenment on social thought I ask them to put some of those ideas into use. They are asked to identify something they see in society that they would like to change; then they are asked to write ... [More]

  • Racism during the Progressive Era, by Greg James/Mike Fording
    In the laate 1800's, Grangers and Populists tried to resist corrupt governments. Progressives burst onto the scene to instill life into these concepts. Progressives tried to improve government and life by combining democratic vaalues and the philos... [More]

  • Pick A Deal, by Daniel A. Brickman
    One of the purposes for studying History is to become aware of the indelible marks that it makes on the present. The New Deal programs during the Great Depression forever changed the role of the federal government in the lives of everyday Americans ... [More]

  • Democracy and Human Rights: Does the US have an obligation to spread and police democracy and human rights in the world?, by Tim Fitzpatrick
    The United States is the oldest continuous democracy in the world. Our democracy is based on the fundamental rights of man that was outlined by Enlightenment philosophers. This had some influence in our dealings with other nations. Within the Unite... [More]

  • ARMISTAD-FACT AND FICTION, by JACQUELINE SHARP
    It has been said that films are "living newspapers". There are many kinds of newspapers from the "supermarket tabloids" to the dailey newspaper that is delivered at our front door. We know that one is more reliable for documented facts than the... [More]

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